The Yorkshire thread

[Lou]

Is that the guy fawkes pub? Grim and expensive in there.

Bonfire toffee, now theres a blast from the past.

Yeah I stayed there and it was really nice It is dark though in the pub as it is gas lit.

I would love some bonfire toffee right now lol

 

[townfanjon]

Perhaps Mr Fawkes could do us all a favour and take some more gunpowder down the Houses of Parliament and blow the useless lot up .

 

[centralheatking]

Bonfire Night, and I want some Parkin - no one has heard of it round here..

My step mum used to make awesome Bonfire Toffee too..

Guy Fawkes was born in York - the cottage is a hotel now opposite the Minster, it is really quirky I loved it.

parking in York is awefull parkin and ridin is better chking

 

[Lou]

parking in York is awefull parkin and ridin is better chking

Agree!

 

[Lou]

Went to Yorkshire today and got @Dan to try Parkin. He liked it yum yum yum. I've brought some home lol

 

[townfanjon]

Went to Yorkshire today and got @Dan to try Parkin. He liked it yum yum yum. I've brought some home lol

You should have nipped in for a coffee , where did you go ?

 

[Lou]

Aw thanks but we were in a rush and had our dogs with us. We went to my step mums in Selby near York. Its her birthday. My dad and her moved there from my childhood village near Leeds after I flew the nest.

 

[Darren Jackson]

Aw thanks but we were in a rush and had our dogs with us. We went to my step mums in Selby near York. Its her birthday. My dad and her moved there from my childhood village near Leeds after I flew the nest.

Which village did you grow up in? Sounds like thas not too far off my neck o woods.

 

[Lou]

I grew up in a place called Drighlington. Went to high school in Morley. Where are you?

 

[Darren Jackson]

I grew up in a place called Drighlington. Went to high school in Morley. Where are you?

I was a sprog in Robin Hood village near Rothwell, halfway between Leeds n Wakefield. Then as a young man in East Ardsley, Wakefield. I now reside in Crossgates. I know Drig well. It's where t pigeons fly backwards